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Punjab CM Bhagwant 'aide' is AAP choice for Sangrur bypoll

PATIALA: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday announced the name of Gurmail Singh, 38, of Gharachon village in Sangrur district - considered Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann's go-to man in Sangrur - as the party candidate for Sangrur Lok Sabha byelection. The seat fell vacant following the resignation of Mann after…

The Times of India

When guns and lives go for a song

Singer and rapper Sidhu Moosewala’s murder in broad daylight and the outpouring of grief have highlighted his popularity and the violent gang wars of Punjab. Vikas Vasudeva reports on the various dimensions of the State’s ‘gun culture’

The Hindu

Daily Dose Ep 1063: Pushkar Dhami wins Champawat bypoll, 100 days of Ukraine war

Veronica Joseph brings you the news from Punjab, Uttarakhand, the Supreme Court, the Delhi High Court, Uttar Pradesh, and Ukraine.

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Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann meets Sidhu Moosewala's family, assures killers will be sent behind bars

Mann called Moosewala a multi-talented artiste blessed with a mesmerising voice and said his untimely death has dealt a major blow to the music industry and millions of fans, a State government statement said

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Starmer urges PM to request India release UK citizen Jagtar Singh Johal

Labour leader writes to Boris Johnson after UN working group declared Johal’s five-year detention arbitrary

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Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann vows to put killers of Sidhu Moosewala behind bars

MANSA: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday pledged to put the killers of Punjabi singer and Congress leader Shubhadeep Singh alias Sidhu Moosewala behind the bars at the earliest.

The Times of India

Punjab: CM Bhagwant Mann visits Moose Wala family to express condolences

However, the Chief Minister had to face slogan-shouting protesters who tried to stop him from entering the Moosa village. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Slain singer’s family will be provided justice: Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

BATHINDA: It was unjustified on the part of the state government to curtail the security of famous singer and Congress leader Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, better known as Sidhu Moose Wala, and make the fact public, Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said on Thursday. During his meeting with Moose Wala’s parents…

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Punjab CM visits Moosewala's house to express condolences to family

Moosewala was shot dead by some unidentified assailants on May 29

The Hindu

Haryana, Punjab & Himachal Pradesh report 222 Covid cases

CHANDIGARH/SHIMLA : A total of 188 persons have been found positive for Covid-19 on Thursday in Haryana. Punjab recorded 21 cases, taking the total number of positive cases to 7,60,391. Meanwhile in Himachal Pradesh, 13 new cases were recorded while seven have also recovered.

The Times of India

Bluestar anniversary: Punjab has not seen charged up atmosphere in decades

JALANDHAR: After popular Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala’s murder on Sunday, Punjab DGP V K Bhawra said his security was also curtailed along with over 400 others as police deployment was being increased due to Operation Bluestar anniversary aka Ghallughara week. The Punjab government made the same plea in Punjab…

The Times of India

Stop untreated water from Kansal to UT forest, Punjab told

CHANDIGARH : The UT administration has written a letter to the Punjab government, asking it to stop the flow of untreated water from Kansal village into the forest area of Chandigarh. The letter was written by the administration in continuation of an earlier letter written last year.

The Times of India

High court dismisses Lawrence Bishnoi's plea on questioning in Punjab

CHANDIGARH : The Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday turned down the plea of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi against holding his interrogation in Punjab in connection with the killing of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala as “being not maintainable at this stage”.

The Times of India

Punjab tells high court security withdrawal was ‘transitory’

Chandigarh : Punjab’s Aam Aadmi Party government on Thursday informed the Punjab and Haryana high court that the order regarding withdrawal of security of all the VVIP/protectees was transitory and the security of all such persons would be restored by June 7.

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Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann orders probe into embezzlement of funds in PIMS

An official release quoting Mr. Mann said it is surprising that not even a single meeting of the governing body had taken place in the last six years.

The Hindu

People don’t feel safe in Punjab, says Hardeep Singh Puri

Union Minister Hardeep Puri says it has become a ‘free-for-all’ after the Aam Aadmi Party came to power

The Times of India

Punjab: At first, Sidhu Moose Wala took assailants for fans, says AAP MLA

LUDHIANA: Even Sidhu Moose Wala’s family wasn’t aware which car he was taking while he left the house with friends Gurwinder Singh and Gurpreet Singh. This was revealed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA of Mansa’s Sardulgarh area, Gurpreet Singh, who on Wednesday visited Ludhiana’s DMC Hospital to meet the…

The Times of India

Sidhu Moose Wala: Quiz me in Tihar, not Punjab, says Lawrence Bishnoi

CHANDIGARH : After withdrawing his plea about safeguards and "possibility of encounter" before the Delhi high court, jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi approached the Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday, demanding that he should be interrogated in Tihar jail in connection with the killing of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala…

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Aug 2017 dera violence in Panchkula: Haryana puts loss at around Rs 118 crore

CHANDIGARH : Haryana has received claims of around Rs 118 crore for losses incurred during the August 2017 dera violence after the conviction of controversial Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim in two rape cases by the Panchkula-based CBI court. The amount of Rs 118 crore includes damages caused…

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Punjab: SIT rejigged in Sidhu Moose Wala case, cops track escape route

CHANDIGARH/BATHINDA : Even as the Punjab police on Wednesday reconstituted the special investigation team (SIT) probing the murder of Punjabi singer and Congress leader Shubhdeep Singh alias Sidhu Moose Wala in Jawaharke village of Mansa district on May 29 by gangsters, the earlier SIT had claimed to have tracked the…

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Maharashtra: Cops arrest 6 in Nanded builder murder case, 2 shooters at large

NANDED: The Nanded police on Tuesday night arrested six suspects in the Sanjay Biyani murder case, almost two months after the leading builder was shot dead on April 5 by two assailants in front of his bungalow here.

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Punjab abolishes physical stamp papers, launches ‘e-stamp’ facility

Decision is expected to save at least ₹35 crores annually

Radio France Internationale

Mourning in India, Canada as hip hop star's assassination sends shockwaves

Thousands joined the funeral of hip hop star Sidhu Moose Wala who was assassinated in a weekend attack in his hometown which sparked a furious backlash. Indian police said the murder was plotted in Canada, where fans also grieved his violent end.

The Hindu

Moosewala's killing | Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi withdraws plea in Delhi High Court

Lawrence Bishnoi’s counsel submitted before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma that he wishes to withdraw the petition and wants to file it before the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

The Times of India

Punjab Cong chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring asks Arvind Kejriwal why he was desperate, frustrated over Satyender Jain's arrest

CHANDIGARH: Taking a dig at Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal, Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring asked the Delhi chief minister as to why he was feeling desperate and frustrated over the arrest of health minister Satyender Jain by the Enforcement Directorate.

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